diff --git a/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/searching_triangulation_vertices.cpp b/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/searching_triangulation_vertices.cpp
index a045313f3f56..0dfd38e71e1e 100644
--- a/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/searching_triangulation_vertices.cpp
+++ b/Spatial_searching/examples/Spatial_searching/searching_triangulation_vertices.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct Project {
   typedef Vertex_handle   argument_type;
   typedef const Point_3&  Point;
   typedef Point           result_type;
-  const Point& operator()( Vertex_handle  v) const { return v->point(); }
+  Point operator()( Vertex_handle  v) const { return v->point(); }
 };